Category Archives: Blog

Mediation in International Commercial and Investment Disputes

Our ICON member Calliope Sudborough has just published a chapter on the mediation of sovereign debt disputes in the new Oxford University Press volume « Mediation in International Commercial and Investment Disputes » edited by Catharine Titi and Katia Fach Gomez. The book « brings together a line-up of outstanding, highly-qualified experts from academia, mediation and arbitration institutions,
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Relational resources for emerging markets’ non-technological innovation

Professor Chavi Chen’s recent published paper (Fletcher-Chen, Chavi C.-Y.): Relational resources for emerging markets’ non-technological innovation: insights from China and Taiwan in Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing is about the importance of relational resources (trust and relationship effectiveness). This research studies how the Chinese guanxi is utilized to create and develop service exploitation and exploration
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Language Diversity, Nonnative Accents, and Their Consequences at the Workplace

As the workplace is becoming increasingly global, organizations are employing more persons who work in a non-native language. Moreover, challenges in communication between employees with different linguistic background are inevitable in international mergers and acquisitions, and failure to recognize and address these challenges can create major obstacles to achieving effective integration benefits. Thus, it is
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The Influence of Close Relationships and Perspective Taking in Negotiation: an interview with Professor Jimena Ramirez

Professor Jimena Ramirez-Marin Jimena Ramirez, a professor in International Negotiation at IÉSEG, and a member of the School’s center of excellence on negotiation, recently published a research paper* looking at how interpersonal relations can influence the dynamics of negotiation processes. We spoke to her about the outcomes of this work and the importance of perspective
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What is the ISDS Landscape under the “New NAFTA”?

On Friday December 7th, a distinguished panel of government negotiators, experienced investment arbitrators and senior legal advisors gathered in Paris at the law faculty of the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) to discuss the US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) also called the “New NAFTA” signed on November 30th. The panel was held as part of
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